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1961 Chicago Cubs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960/1962) 64-90, Finished 7th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 689 runs, Allowed 800 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87 Managed by Vedie Himsl, Harry Craft, El Tappe, and Lou Klein Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 673,057 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 101, Pitching - 104   (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 102   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1961 Stats (1960/1962) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Dick Bertell        25   92  267   20   73   7  1   2   33  15   33  .273  .308  .330   0   0   7   0   1   4   3   69
1B *Ed Bouchee          28  112  319   49   79  12  3  12   38  58   77  .248  .371  .417   1   4   2   5   4   1   7  108
2B  Don Zimmer          30  128  477   57  120  25  4  13   40  25   70  .252  .291  .403   5   1  16   2   7   1   1   81
3B  Ron Santo           21  154  578   84  164  32  6  23   83  73   77  .284  .362  .479   2   3  25   0   1   3   7  121
SS  Ernie Banks         30  138  511   75  142  22  4  29   80  54   75  .278  .346  .507   1   2  11   2   0   6  21  122
LF *Billy Williams      23  146  529   75  147  20  7  25   86  45   70  .278  .338  .484   6   0  11   5   1   4  11  115
CF  Al Heist            33  109  321   48   82  14  3   7   37  39   51  .255  .337  .383   3   3   7   1   4   1   0   90
RF *George Altman       28  138  518   77  157  28 12  27   96  40   92  .303  .353  .560   6   2   4   4   4   7   3  137
    Jerry Kindall       26   96  310   37   75  22  3   9   44  18   89  .242  .288  .419   2   2   5   2   3   0   0   84
   *Richie Ashburn      34  109  307   49   79   7  4   0   19  55   27  .257  .373  .306   7   6   4   3   1   2   2   83
   *Sammy Taylor        28   89  235   26   56   8  2   8   23  23   39  .238  .316  .391   0   0   6   4   1   1   7   86
    Andre Rodgers       26   73  214   27   57  17  0   6   23  25   54  .266  .343  .430   1   1   6   1   1   2   1  103
   *Bob Will            29   86  113    9   29   9  0   0    8  15   19  .257  .341  .336   0   1   1   0   1   1   0   81
    Frank Thomas        32   15   50    7   13   2  0   2    6   2    8  .260  .288  .420   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   85
    Mel Roach           28   23   39    1    5   2  0   0    1   3    9  .128  .190  .179   1   0   3   0   0   0   0   -1
    Moe Thacker         27   25   35    3    6   0  0   0    2  11   11  .171  .383  .171   0   0   1   1   0   0   1   54
    Cuno Barragan       29   10   28    3    6   0  0   1    2   2    7  .214  .267  .321   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   55
    Ken Hubbs           19   10   28    4    5   1  1   1    2   0    8  .179  .179  .393   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   46
   *Moe Morhardt        24    7   18    3    5   0  0   0    1   3    5  .278  .381  .278   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   79
   *Danny Murphy        18    4   13    3    5   0  0   2    3   1    5  .385  .429  .846   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  227
   *Lou Brock           22    4   11    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .091  .167  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -29
    Jim McAnany         24   11   10    1    3   1  0   0    0   1    3  .300  .364  .400   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  102
    Nelson Mathews      19    3    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -41
    George Freese       34    9    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    4  .286  .375  .286   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   79
   #Sammy Drake         26   13    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .167  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -51

    Don Cardwell        25   40   95    6   10   3  0   3    6   6   55  .105  .167  .232   0   0   0   1   4   0   0    4
    Glen Hobbie         25   36   66    5   11   3  0   2    6   5   30  .167  .225  .303   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   38
   *Jack Curtis         24   31   60    8   10   2  0   2    4  10   23  .167  .286  .300   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   56
   *Dick Ellsworth      21   37   56    1    2   1  0   0    0   3   29  .036  .100  .054   0   0   0   1   5   0   0  -58
    Bob Anderson        25   57   42    5    6   0  0   2    5   1   22  .143  .163  .286   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   16
   *Jim Brewer          23   36   22    1    4   0  0   0    0   2   10  .182  .250  .182   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   17
    Dick Drott          24   35   22    1    6   0  1   0    1   1    7  .273  .304  .364   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   76
    Don Elston          32   58   11    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    4  .182  .182  .182   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   -3
    Barney Schultz      34   41   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -47
    Joe Schaffernoth    23   21    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mel Wright          33   11    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dick Burwell        21    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.2  156 5344  689 1364 238 51 176  650 539 1027  .255  .323  .418  35  25 115  32  52  33  64  102
    Rank among 8 NL teams          1    7    6   2  2   3        2    1     7     7     3   7   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Don Cardwell        25  39   3.82  15  14  0  38   1  13   3  259.3  243  121  110  22   88  156 1106   6  10  2   0 110
SP *Dick Ellsworth      21  37   3.86  10  11  0  31   2   7   1  186.7  213   90   80  23   48   91  799   9   3  0   3 109
SP  Glen Hobbie         25  36   4.26   7  13  2  29   4   7   2  198.7  207  113   94  26   54  103  848   4   6  0   7  98
SP *Jack Curtis         24  31   4.89  10  13  0  27   2   6   0  180.3  220  117   98  23   51   57  802   1   1  0   6  86

CL  Don Elston          32  58   5.59   6   7  8   0  32   0   0   93.3  108   64   58  11   45   59  421   3   6  0  12  75
RP  Bob Anderson        25  57   4.26   7  10  8  12  21   1   0  152.0  162   85   72  14   56   96  659   4   2  0  11  98
RP  Barney Schultz      34  41   2.70   7   6  7   0  25   0   0   66.7   57   32   20   6   25   59  286   6   4  0   4 155
RP  Dick Drott          24  35   4.22   1   4  0   8  12   0   0   98.0   75   54   46  13   51   48  414   7   1  1   0  99
RP *Jim Brewer          23  36   5.82   1   7  0  11  11   0   0   86.7  116   65   56  17   21   57  388   4   1  0   2  72

    Joe Schaffernoth    23  21   6.34   0   4  0   0   7   0   0   38.3   43   29   27   7   18   23  170   4   1  0   2  66
    Mel Wright          33  11  10.71   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   21.0   42   26   25   3    4    6  107   1   0  0   0  39
    Dick Burwell        21   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    6    4    4   0    4    0   21   1   0  0   0  47
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 25.1 156   4.48  64  90 25 156 122  34   6 1385.0 1492  800  689 165  465  755 6021  50  35  3  47  94
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   7   2  5           6   8      3    8    8        7    2    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DBertell 655 75 90 396 49 8 10 .982 23 19 26 20 STaylor 541 61 75 319 25 4 5 .989 8 25 32 11 MThacker 117 11 25 67 5 2 0 .973 3 4 3 2 CBarragan 71 9 10 35 4 0 1 1.000 1 2 0 2 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1385 156 156 817 83 14 16 .985 35 50 61 35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBouchee 829 90 107 852 76 16 97 .983 10.07 ARodgers 335 39 42 369 26 7 34 .983 10.60 EBanks 61 7 7 68 6 1 8 .987 10.92 MMorhardt 55 7 7 72 3 3 9 .962 12.21 MRoach 43 5 7 50 3 1 8 .981 11.02 FThomas 36 4 6 41 2 0 2 1.000 10.75 GAltman 19 3 3 20 1 0 3 1.000 9.95 BWill 6 1 1 3 0 1 1 .750 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 1475 117 29 162 .982 10.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DZimmer 944 108 116 282 323 17 99 .973 5.77 JKindall 356 38 50 124 122 13 34 .950 6.21 KHubbs 53 6 8 13 15 0 2 1.000 4.73 MRoach 30 4 7 3 5 1 0 .889 2.40 ARodgers 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 423 465 31 135 .966 5.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSanto 1352 152 153 157 307 31 41 .937 3.09 DZimmer 33 4 5 2 9 3 1 .786 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 159 316 34 42 .933 3.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EBanks 883 102 104 173 358 19 68 .965 5.41 JKindall 340 38 47 82 111 13 27 .937 5.11 ARodgers 161 16 24 35 57 2 10 .979 5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 290 526 34 105 .960 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 974 111 111 184 6 9 2 .955 1.76 EBanks 199 23 23 33 2 1 0 .972 1.58 RAshburn 115 13 15 25 2 2 0 .931 2.11 FThomas 75 8 10 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 BWill 13 0 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 GAltman 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 255 12 12 2 .957 1.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AHeist 717 82 99 213 8 5 0 .978 2.77 RAshburn 489 56 62 105 2 1 0 .991 1.97 GAltman 139 13 25 58 0 2 0 .967 3.75 LBrock 21 3 3 6 0 2 0 .750 2.57 NMathews 18 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 387 10 10 0 .975 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GAltman 998 114 115 197 11 4 2 .981 1.88 BWilliams 205 22 26 36 1 2 1 .949 1.62 BWill 129 13 22 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 DMurphy 27 4 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.98 ARodgers 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 SDrake 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 DZimmer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMcAnany 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 271 13 6 3 .979 1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BWilliams 1179 133 135 220 9 11 3 .954 1.75 GAltman 1145 128 130 258 11 6 2 .978 2.11 AHeist 717 82 99 211 9 5 0 .978 2.76 RAshburn 604 69 76 131 4 3 0 .978 2.01 EBanks 199 23 23 32 6 1 0 .974 1.71 BWill 142 13 30 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 FThomas 75 8 10 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 DMurphy 27 4 4 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.98 LBrock 21 3 3 6 0 2 0 .750 2.57 NMathews 18 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 ARodgers 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 SDrake 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 DZimmer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMcAnany 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1385 156 156 914 42 28 5 .972 2.07 156 156 156 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCardwell 259 38 39 18 54 2 3 .973 2.50 GHobbie 198 29 36 16 53 4 1 .945 3.13 DEllsworth 186 31 37 8 49 2 7 .966 2.75 JCurtis 180 27 31 5 42 3 1 .940 2.35 BAnderson 152 12 57 14 38 0 7 1.000 3.08 DDrott 98 8 35 1 11 1 0 .923 1.10 DElston 93 0 58 4 18 0 1 1.000 2.12 JBrewer 86 11 36 4 8 1 0 .923 1.25 BSchultz 66 0 41 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.75 JSchafferno 38 0 21 0 8 0 0 1.000 1.88 MWright 21 0 11 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.29 DBurwell 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1385 156 156 77 299 13 21 .967 2.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Altman .303 On-base % Santo .362 Slugging % Altman .560 OPS Altman .913 Games Santo 154 At Bats Santo 578 Plate Appearances (approx.) Santo 655 Runs Santo 84 Hits Santo 164 Total Bases Altman 290 Doubles Santo 32 Triples Altman 12 Home Runs Banks 29 RBI Altman 96 Bases on Balls Santo 73 Strikeouts Altman 92 Stolen Bases Ashburn 7 Singles Santo 103 Adjusted OPS+ Altman 137 Runs Created Altman 105 Adjusted Batting Runs Altman 26 Batting Wins Altman 2.5 Extra-Base Hits Altman 67 Times on Base Santo 237 Offensive Win% Altman .701 Hit By Pitch Bouchee and Williams 5 Sac. Hits Zimmer 7 Sac. Flies Altman 7 Intentional Walks Banks 21 Grounded into Double Plays Santo 25 Caught Stealing Ashburn 6 Power/Speed Number Altman 9.8 At Bats per Strikeout Williams 7.6 At Bats per Home Run Banks 17.6 Outs Santo 446

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Cardwell 3.82 Wins Cardwell 15 Won-Loss % Schultz .538 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Cardwell 1.276 Hits Allowed/9IP Cardwell 8.43 Bases on Balls/9IP Ellsworth 2.31 Strikeouts/9IP Cardwell 5.41 Games Elston 58 Saves Anderson and Elston 8 Innings Cardwell 259.3 Strikeouts Cardwell 156 Games Started Cardwell 38 Comp. Games Cardwell 13 Shutouts Cardwell 3 Home Runs Allow. Hobbie 26 Bases On Balls Allow. Cardwell 88 Hits Allowed Cardwell 243 SO to Walk Hobbie 1.91 Losses Cardwell 14 Earned Runs Allow. Cardwell 110 Wild Pitches Ellsworth 9 Hit Batsmen Cardwell 10 Batters Faced Cardwell 1106 Games Finished Elston 32 Adjusted ERA+ Cardwell 110

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